Bangladesh has recorded its highest power generation of 15,626 megawatts at 9pm on April 18, breaking all previous records.
According to the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), the country has presently 22,566MW of grid-connected electricity generation capacity.
The previous maximum generation was 15,604MW recorded on 17 April 2023. Earlier on 13 April the maximum generation was 15304MW.
BPDB source inform that on April 18 pick generation from gas 6400MW, Oil 5900MW and others came from coal, hydro, import and solar. BPDB get gas supply from Petrobangla 1145.6 MMCFD.
Apart from the highest generation deferent part country experience loadshedding.
The electricity demand has increased in the last couple of days due to warmer weather and a rise in temperature.